Birth: 1 August 1920 Windmill Cottages, Hay a Park, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Father: Unknown
Mother: Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey [Cartwright, Wheelhouse] 1900-1972
Christened: 3 October 1920 St John the Baptist, Knaresborough, West Riding, Yorkshire, UK
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 22 July 2000 North Yorkshire, UK
None known
Birth of Leonard W Abbey, mother's maiden name Abbey, in FreeBMD in July-September 1920 in Knaresborough (9A 169).
Entry in Ancestry North Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921 for Leonard Winn born 1 August, baptised 3 October 1920 at Knaresborough, St John the Baptist, mother Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey. "Page 129 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Knaresborough in the County of York in the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty 1920 Oct 3rd Born Augst 1 No. 1025 Leonard Winn [mother] Mabel Gertrude Irene Abbey [of] Windmill Cottages, Hay a Park."
In the 1921 census as Leonard Winn Abbey born in Yorkshire in 1920 and living wth Mabel Gertie Abbey (mother?), William Ernest and Mercy Abbey (grandparents?), Lillian Abbey (aunt?), George Ernest Wheelhouse (future uncle and stepfather?), and Stanley Brown (born in Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1904) in Knaresborough Outer, Knaresborough, Yorkshire (West Riding).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Leonard Wine (sic - in the index, original illegible) Abbey born 1 August 1921 (sic - on the original), single, a farm worker, and living living with William Ernest Abbey (grandfather? - crossed out in red and not indexed), Freda Blair (changed to Deighton born 29 December 1914, married, living on maintenance from husband & private means?) and one other in Oatlands Cottage, Nidderdale, Yorkshire (West Riding). This is believed to be in the village of Hunsingore.
Two entries in Ancestry West Yorkshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1840-1962 for Leonard Abbey addresses 44 Frogmire Road, Knaresborough, other occupants George E and Mabel G I Wheelhouse (step-father and mother?), Hilda Wheelhouse (cousin) and Irene E Cartwright (half-sister?), and Nidd Valley Dairy, Wetherby, Ouseburn, Hunsingore, Ripon in 1947.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Leonard Winn Abbey, born 1 August 1920, in July 2000 in North Yorkshire (A3 6501A 19).
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Leonard Winn Abbey adding he served in Italy in WWII and "Len Abbey/Dear Brother/and Uncle/Died 22nd July 2000/Aged 79/Sadly Missed".
Note that Winn was his grandmother's maiden name.
Leonard Winn Abbey was the second cousin twice removed of Thomas Abbey, husband of Ruth Cross, first cousin once removed of Albert Alfred Cross, husband of Florence Violet Luff, my half second cousin once removed. Her second husband was her brother-in-law.
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